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A Bird Flu Virus Has Killed Its First Human
A particular type of bird flu has now killed its first human. On Wednesday, Mexican health officials and the World Health Organization announced a confirmed case of H5N2 avian influenza in a 59-year-old man, who subsequently died from complications of the infection. The incident is the first lab-confirmed case and...Read more...
Cybertruck Cop Cars Could Be Just Over the Horizon
The Tesla Cybertruck might be little more than a punchline after six months on the road, but that hasn't stopped people from celebrating Elon Musk's vision for the future. So we shouldn't be surprised that some folks want to turn the Cybertruck into a cop car and have even designed modifications to make that a...Read more...
Starliner Joins the Ranks: The Elite Spacecraft That Have Carried NASA Astronauts to Space
After two consecutive failed launch attempts, the crewed Starliner capsule successfully launched on Wednesday, June 5, carrying two NASA astronauts to low Earth orbit. Boeing is testing the capsule's capability to transport crews to the International Space Station (ISS), with Starliner docking at the ISS.Read more...
Researchers Use AI to Decode the Secret Language of Dog Barks
Researchers are using AI models trained on human speech to decode the secret language of dogs. The study comes from researchers at the University of Michigan, Mexico's National Institute of Astrophysics, and the Optics and Electronics Institute. The promising results, presented last week at an international...Read more...
Google Messages Will Finally Let You Text 911
It's not Android's equivalent to the iPhone's emergency SOS via satellite, but it'll do for now. Google announced that later this year, Google Messages will let you text 911 from your Android device, even when SMS isn't available. The company is teaming up with RapidSOS to enable the service via RCS. It will begin...Read more...
The Watchers Is a Satisfyingly Eerie Slow-Burn Horror
The Watchers is a brooding and chilling breakthrough feature film debut from Servant producer Ishana Shyamalan, based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The filmmaker invites horror audiences on a surreal trip into the forests of Ireland for a story filled with supernatural intrigue and suspense.
Boeing's Starliner Spouts Fresh Helium Leaks During Trek to ISS
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft developed more helium leaks on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) with a NASA crew on board.Read more...
House of the Dragon's Youngest Villain Teases How That Season 1 Ending Impacts Season 2
It was the dragon chomp heard round the world-a world encompassing both the enraptured audience watching House of the Dragon's season one finale, and the in-show world of Westeros on the brink of war. As season two nears its premiere on HBO and Max, star Ewan Mitchell gave some insight into what's next for the...Read more...
Disney World Could Open a Fifth Theme Park In $17 Billion Development Plan
Things have seemingly simmered down between the Walt Disney Company and the state of Florida after their years long back and forth over the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.Read more...
SpaceX Pushes Starship to New Extremes During Dramatic Fourth Flight Test
It's time for Starship to take flight once again, aiming to splashdown in the Indian Ocean on its way back from its fourth launch to demonstrate the rocket's reusability.
Humane AI Pin Owners Told to Stop Using Charging Cases Due to ‘Fire Safety Risk’
Humane, makers of the AI Pin,are warning customers to stop using its charging pod immediately. Humane claimed the third-party battery cells in the Charge Case were faulty and could pose a fire safety risk." Humane has yet to comment publicly, and there's no word on when or how customers will receive a replacement.Read more...
Another New Hunger Games Novel Is Coming Next Year
Suzanne Collins is ready to return to Panem again-and this time, it's for another prequel in the wake of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.Read more...
Jonathan Frakes Still Has Hope Star Trek: Legacy Might Happen Some Day
The Bride! adds a big new star in a mystery role. Alien: Romulus gets an unsurprising rating. Plus, Mattel wants a Monster High cinematic universe to happen, and what's coming on My Adventures With Superman. To me, my spoilers!
CDC Says Cucumbers Likely Cause of Salmonella Outbreak in 25 States
Cucumbers grown in Florida and distributed across the country have been identified as the likely cause of a Salmonella outbreak in at least 25 states, according to a report from the CDC Wednesday. The agency says 162 people who've become sick have been identified but that's likely a vast undercount of the real number...Read more...
Silicon Valley Goes Full MAGA in 2024
Silicon Valley has always been a place for unconventional thinkers with big ideas, but in 2024, that includes former president and convicted felon Donald Trump. Two influential tech investors and hosts of the All-In Podcast, David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, recently announced they were hosting a fundraiser for...Read more...
The Mysterious X Factor Behind 2023's Unbelievable Heat
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It’s Showtime: Loungefly Lets Beetlejuice Out of the Bag
Tim Burton's cult classic Beetlejuice is coming back in a big way with the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequelstarring Winona Ryder returning as Lydia Deetz and Michael Keaton as the ghost with the most. To celebrate, Loungefly just dropped a first look at its upcoming collection inspired by the Warner...Read more...
Check Out the Funniest Pet Photos of 2024
I don't make the rules. But the entity who does-the Comedy Pet Photography Awards-has announced the winners of their annual competition. The competition released its finalists last month, and now some hard cuts have been made to anoint the 16 best of the bunch. Eight of the 16 are category winners, and the remaining...Read more...
How The Watchers Explores Irish Folklore to Amplify Its Frights
Producer M. Night Shyamalan-a name all horror fans are familiar with-presents The Watchers, directed by a name they'll soon learn: Ishana Night Shyamalan. The feature from the Servant filmmaker is based on the book by A.M. Shine; it follows Dakota Fanning as Mina, an artist who gets lost in a mysterious, untouched...Read more...
Sonos First Ever Headphones Are Too Expensive For What They Offer
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I Can't Stop Thinking About The Acolyte's Chair Droids
One very good thing about a new Star Wars project means that you're always going to get a modicum of Funny Little Guys. Your glup shittos, your merchandisable new droids, your Bell Guys, your Blurrgs, things of that nature. Star Wars worldbuilding is built on the backs of not its heroes and villains, but a galaxy of...Read more...
It's Time for Apple to Revive the iPod Nano
For no reason at all-the reason was last month's Eurovision Song Contest-I have been lurking around Gen Z spaces and noticed a return to the old form of gadgetry. It started with wired headphones, and now it seems like the lust for single-feature gadgets has been wholly revived, from point-and-shoot cameras to MP3...Read more...
Meta Wants Quest to Become the Android of VR
The Meta Quest 3 hasn't enjoyed much time in the spotlight this year, and that probably won't change with the headset's most recent hardware and app updates. But let's cast a more intense glow on the Meta Quest anyway because there's something else happening to the Quest ecosystem if you've been paying attention. The...Read more...
The Last of Us Season 2 Will Be Shorter, But There's a Very Good Reason
There's only one Last of Us game remaining to adapt but it's going to take much longer than previously expected. After turning the first Last of Us game into a complete season of television, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann recently revealed that they have an outline of how they'll adapt The Last of Us Part...Read more...
Scientists Uncover Potential Major Cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Researchers in the UK appear to have discovered a pivotal genetic cause of inflammatory bowel disease. In a new study Wednesday, the team found evidence of a specific genetic flaw that seems to play a key role in driving immune cells to attack the guts of those with IBD-a flaw found in nearly all the cases they...Read more...
Are Calorie Counts on Packaged Foods Lying to You?
Local prosecutors in California recently filed a lawsuit against Kroger (which also owns the Ralphs and Food 4 Less supermarket chains) for allegedly mislabeling the calorie counts on store-name bread. The Kroger Carbmaster bread line listed just 30 calories per slice, when the bread was actually 50 calories or more...Read more...
How Tom Hiddleston Prepared for Loki's Latest Ending
Loki going from Marvel Studios' God of Mischief to God of Stories gave actor Tom Hiddleston the opportunity to explore the full arc of the fan-favorite anti-hero. From his first appearance in Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh, to his many deaths in The Avengers films, to finally getting the throne he always sought at...Read more...
On The Acolyte, No Mystery Is as It Seems
Mystery and Star Wars go hand in hand. The franchise has, for the best part of half a century, dedicated itself to answering mysteries big and small about its galaxy-sometimes for good or ill. But rarely has a Star Wars story been a mystery in regards to its genre, and The Acolyte embraces that structure...Read more...
10 Awesome 1980s Horror Movies Streaming Free on Tubi
The 1980s were a glorious decade for horror films, heralding the rise of slasher franchises and an influx of European oddities and creative indies, with the uncertain energy of the times summoning forth movies that offered a blend of kitsch, adventurous gore, and last-days-of-the-Cold-War unease.Read more...
David Lynch's New Project Is Not the Twin Peaks Team-Up You Were Expecting
While David Lynch fans are still hoping he'll one day to return to Twin Peaks (again), a small kernel of dreamy Lynchian bliss has just entered the atmosphere. It's the video for Sublime Eternal Love," which Lynch directed, offering the first taste of Cellophane Memories, his new album with Chrystabell.Read more...
Hans in Carbonite, Ranked
Join me now for a look into my soul. Many times before on this website, I've written about my weird obsession with Han Solo in Carbonite from Star Wars. I love Han Solo as a character, of course, but in terms of collecting, I mainly collect Han in Carbonite, as well as Hoth Han-blue jacket, not brown.Read more...
House of the Dragon's Showrunner Knows Exactly How He Wants the Series to End
House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones are both adapted from the works of George R.R. Martin, but with distinct challenges: Dragon is based on a history tome, while Thrones' plot ended up advancing beyond that of Martin'sas-yet-unfinished book series. Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal knows endings are an issue in...Read more...
Boeing's Beleaguered Starliner Finally Blasts Off With NASA Astronauts on Board
Update: June 5, 11:02 a.m. ET: ULA's Atlas V rocket blasted off this morning at 10:52 a.m. ET, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sitting inside Boeing's Starliner capsule. The first crewed mission of this spacecraft, following two failed launch attempts, is finally underway. Of course, the true test...Read more...
New Ringworm Fungi Are Spreading Sexually and Becoming Harder to Kill
Dermatologists are sounding the alarm over two emerging types of fungi that can cause nasty bouts of ringworm. In a new report Wednesday, they describe the first known U.S. case of one ringworm fungus that can spread sexually, while another recent paper details the arrival of a species resistant to the most common...Read more...
Save Your Google Maps Timeline to Your Phone Before Its Too Late
If you're mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on your web browser, Google is telling you it's past time to start using the app and only the app. The company is ending access to the Timeline feature for users on the web. If you want to keep your past routes, you'll need to download them to your app.Read more...
Spunky Exoplanet Inexplicably Survives Host Star's Death Throes
In his search for giant stars hosting large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, came across a strangely puffy planet that's smaller, hotter, and older than it's supposed to be. We didn't expect to find any planet that looks like this," he told Gizmodo.Read more...
The Acolyte Fought Hard to Get Its One Big Star Wars Line
Star Wars has long been a little in love with itself, for better or worse-familiar faces and locales showing up over and over, nods to familiar events, and of course, lines that become something akin to catchphrases. And while The Acolyte is both a series that charts a lot of new ground for Star Wars on-screen, it's...Read more...
Apple’s Reported ChatGPT Deal Could Crown OpenAI as King of the Valley
Apple and OpenAI have reportedly forged a partnership to ingrain ChatGPT into the iPhone's operating system, according to Bloomberg and The Information. The big news is expected to be announced at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple seems to be the latest to join a large party of companies that have...Read more...
Tim Blake Nelson Teases How His Hulk Villain Connects to Captain America: Brave New World
Gen V expands its cast for season 2. Paul Giamatti is set to bring Hostel to TV. A new Creep show is in the works. Plus, what's coming on Evil. To me, my spoilers!
MaXXXine Sees the Devil in a New Trailer for the Totally '80s Horror Film
Unless you're a horror fan, there's a chance you're missing out on one of the coolest cinematic universes going today. It's Ti West's X trilogy, which started with X, continued with Pearl, and on July 5, concludes with MaXXXine.Read more...
Pesky Glitch Forces NASA to Change the Way Hubble Works, and It's Not for the Better
For more than 30 years, NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has been scouring the cosmos to look for ancient galaxies and dazzling nebulae. The wear and tear of traveling through low Earth orbit is starting to show on the aging telescope, forcing it to resort to using only one of its three remaining gyroscopes to...Read more...
AT&T Users Report Major Problems Making Calls in U.S.
Update, 7:50 p.m. ET: AT&T says the issue has now been fixed, telling Gizmodo over email, We collaborated with the other carrier to find a solution and appreciate our customers patience during this period." The original article remains below.
Deadpool & Wolverine Reminds You to Silence Your Phone in a Very Deadpool & Wolverine Way
We've all had time to absorb the wonder that is the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket; now, you can appreciate another subversive movie-theater flourish courtesy of Marvel's eagerly awaited summer release. The full Silence Your Phone" PSA featuring the characters has been released, and it's a bleepin'...Read more...
Avengers 5 Director Talks Heat Up With Deadpool & Wolverine's Shawn Levy
The fifth Avengers film is less than two years away and it seems as if Marvel is finally honing in on who is going to direct. Destin Daniel Cretton was originally announced for the film, then called The Kang Dynasty, but dropped out late last year. Now, reports are that Marvel has asked Shawn Levy, who is finishing up ...Read more...
Evangeline Lilly Is Done With Acting, Marvel Included
The Marvel Cinematic Universe loses its Hope Van Dyne after a run in the Disney franchise world starring in Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania-as well as appearances in the MCU event Avengers films. The Wasp is done.Read more...
ChatGPT Back Up After Going on the Fritz
ChatGPT went down for all users on Tuesday morning due to a flurry of major outages, according to OpenAI's status page. There were two distinct outages, the first of which began around 3 a.m. ET and a second around 10:30 am ET, but the app now appears to be operational. It's unclear at this time what the cause of the...Read more...
Michael Keaton Would Like To Remind You Beetlejuice Is More Than Just Merch
Tim Burton's iconoclast agent of undead chaos Beetlejuice has, over the years, become a pop culture staple especially during Halloween. Between Warner Bros. collections at Hot Topic, Funko, Loungefly, and Spirit Halloween, the Jooce has become a comedic ambassador for all things spooky. This is something that star...Read more...
Big Name TikTok Accounts Reportedly Hacked Via DMs
Major accounts on TikTok were taken over by hackers Tuesday, including CNN, Sony, and Paris Hilton, according to a report from Forbes. And while it doesn't appear that the hackers have posted anything to the accounts, the method reportedly didn't include the targets doing anything more than opening a direct message.
The Mandalorian's New Figures Are Some Surprising Deep Cuts
If there's one thing we know about Hasbro and its Star Wars figures, it's that they love a Mandalorian. Not just The Mandalorian, the show or the main character, but any Mandalorian character. Mostly because, well, they all have relatively similar armor which, in theory, means mass-producing them is probably just a...Read more...
William Russell, One of Doctor Who's First Heroes, Has Died
British actor William Russell, beloved for his role in the early days of Doctor Who as companion Ian Chesterton, has died, the Guardian reports.Read more...
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